This site has three sections: (1.) songs about motorcycles (Harley and other biker music) and classic car music including songs about Mercury, Oldsmobile, Pontiac, Dodge, etc., (2.) other country rock and rock-a-billy songs, including some funny ones (3.) ballads, inspirational and political protest songs.

Clicking on
the song title or image, wait a couple of seconds and you will hear a free sample. For six of the songs you can stream the entire song for free. To jump past these images and audio samples click here to download individual songs online (99 cents), or here to buy CD albums.

MOTORCYCLE MUSIC and CLASSIC CAR SONGS:

Fast paced country swing style song about an old Hog breakdown and how the rider
gets help from other riders. If you are a real biker of Harley, Indian,
or English brands of the 1950-75 era, and in the mood for a chuckle, this
song will bring a smile to your face. The image you see to the left
is Randy's old 1951 EL, which he often worked on. (Produced by Mark Sepic.)

This song is a tribute to the American cars of the 1930's thru 1970's, and their importance to our culture and economy. Slightly melancholy medium paced country style music with guitar and harmonica by Mark Sepic. Produced by Mark Sepic.

(The Pontiac Grand Prix song.) Country music song about a guy who has had many different jobs and finally retires to the country, alone. Much of the song refers to the cars Randy has owned over the years. (Production and instrumentation by Tom Paterson.)

Light rock song dedicated to the Oldsmobile car. Lyrics set out the history of the company and the many famous Oldsmobile models over nearly 100 years, and praises them. Five minutes and 50 seconds long. (Produced by Tom Paterson. Guitar and piano by Mark Gillogly.)

A change of pace from country rock, this is a sort of 1950's jazz, pseudo-documentary based on the major incident in Hollister, California in 1947 where drunken bikers from competing gangs partied hard, entertained the locals with their antics, and fought each other and basically took over the town until state police arrived. Randy envisages this as an imaginary theme to "The Wild One" movie of 1953, the first outlaw biker film,
starring Marlon Brando as "Johnny" and Lee Marvin as "Chino".
Trumpet and saxophone played superbly by Ron
Matthews. Motorcycle and police sound effects and narration by Mark Sepic,
who also sings the part of the Sheriff whom the bikers lock up in his
own jail. Reminds some people a bit of the
Pink Panther movie theme from the sixties and others of music in Fellini
films. One musician said it reminded him of Chet Baker, a great trumpet player with a sad life. The sample runs just over a minute; the full version of the song runs about 6.5 minutes. This new shorter version simply called "Hollister" runs 3.3 minutes.

Tribute to Dodge cars and trucks. The history from the beginning to now. References to the many models of Dodge cars and engines, racing wins and the Dukes of Hazzard. Rockabilly style. (Production and instruments by Mark Sepic.)

A change of pace - not the typical Randy and the Retreads style; more hard rock, Heavy Metal (Def Leppard, Judas Priest, Black Sabbath, Metallica) or at least "Light Metal" to coin a phrase. The song is about death
which is always riding with us. However as with many of Randy's songs there is a humorous thread woven into this one (especially near the end). Steppenwolf
style guitar riffs played by Mark Sepic, who produced this song.

The world's new drinking anthem! Fun, catchy, upbeat country pop song with background babble and tinkling glasses recorded at a Latino night club, a musicians' party
and a blue collar bar. You will want to sing along after a few beers.
It may remind you of Merle Haggard or Johhny Horton. For a Youtube video of about 2/3 of the song go to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHJdhXXii8Y&feature=youtu.be(Produced and instruments by Mark Sepic.)

Catchy country song about a dude who gets laid off, creating financial and marital stress.
Sad story but not a downer song - has a couple of lines which makes everyone laugh.
Stylistically similar to Tennessee
Ernie Ford, Johnny Cash or Waylon Jennings. (Instruments and production and backup vocals by Mark Sepic.)

1950's style hard rock song with faux Jerry Lee Lewis piano style. (Mark Sepic plays the
instruments on this one and produced it.) This song was originally composed by Randy back in 1963
when he was still in High School, but the lyrics have been updated to make it more contemporary.
Now its about a pair of exotic pole dancers who drive the audience wild.

Rock-a-billy, country-blues with really cool guitar and harmonica by Mark
Sepic about how so many of us feel about having to live in
a big city with its crime, noise and road rage, because of job or relatives,
but longing to live in the country.

Catchy, danceable country tune about an attractive cowgirl and square
dancing. In the Billy Ray Cyrus "Achey Breaky Heart" style.
Another lawyer-musician said it reminded him of Merle Haggard. (Mark Sepic
plays the guitar on this catchy tune and produced it.)

Funny song about a poor kid who has to wear his older cousins' clothes once they have grown out of them, and gets fed up with the limited menu in the fridge, and having to listen to his parents' old fashioned music. Imagine a hillbilly family sitting in front of their cabin for this one. (Instruments and production by Mark Sepic.)

a.k.a. "Irreconcilable Differences". A bouncy, humorous argument between a couple; mixture of Reggae and country guitar for the melody, while an increasingly drunken Mexican mariachi band plays the chorus. Duet with Naomi Tyrrell. Produced by Mark Sepic.

ROMANTIC BALLADS, INSPIRATIONAL and POLITICAL SONGS:

STREAM ENTIRE SONG HERE FOR FREE.
Reminiscent of CCR/ John Fogerty country rock, but with a 1950's bass guitar, also a bit of a cross between
an early 1960's folk "protest" song and the AC-DC style, sung
in an angry style with political and ecological lyrics about how and why
the world became such a mess, blaming corporations, politicians, military, religious fanatics. (Production and instruments by Mark Sepic.)

a.k.a. "Vision for the World". This beautiful, poignant song urges us to either donate money or time and effort to help victims of famines, earthquakes, floods, and other disasters, natural or man-made. Sung by Mark Sepic. Produced by Mark Sepic.

STREAM ENTIRE SONG HERE FOR FREE. Canadian political song - lyrics and melody by Randy with superb acid jazz guitar work by Mark Sepic. A humorous satire which pokes fund at all three main political parties and laments the passing of the Reform Party of the 1990's.

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To buy the CD "Canuck" which has eleven (11) songs (price $11 Canadian or $10 U.S., plus postage) click HERE.

A BRIEF BIOGRAPHY:

Randy
and his band are all at least 50 years old, hence the name "Retreads" as in
tire retreads. Randy idolized Buddy Holly and started composing and singing
songs in High School, and he played trombone in
the school symphony, but then he got distracted by other things for many years.
After a career as a social scientist and then a lawyer, and a couple of divorces,
he has returned to his "first love" music. Doing family law (divorce and separation) has inspired some of his country
song lyrics. His law office is at unit 206, 2075 Lawrence Ave. E. Scarborough (Toronto).

Randy
was born in Toronto and has lived in Toronto, Niagara Falls, Victoria, B.C., Vancouver B.C., Edmonton, Alberta, Auckland New Zealand, Wellington
N.Z., and Western New York (Buffalo/Niagara area). He also spends time with friends in the Hamilton/Burlington area of Ontario. His
classic motorcycle riding and restoration hobby has inspired his "Biker Music". He has several old English bikes (Triumph, Ariel, Matchless, Panther, BSA) and two old Harleys (1964 Duo-Glide and 1966 Sportster) and a 2001 Moto-Guzzi and 1968 Honda Hellcat, also a 1972 CB450 and a 1976 CB500T. He is the webmaster of Indian Chief Motorcycles
, a website he started about 15 years ago to honor that American brand of motorcycles.

HIRING THE BAND TO PERFORM

At present we only play in the Southern Ontario region of Canada, no more than a four hour drive from Toronto. e.g. Montreal to the East, Ottawa to the NE, Sudbury to the N, Windsor to the W and Niagara region to the S. We do not perform to audiences of less than 50 people in the GTA or 100 outside of it. email: randyandretreads@gmail.com at least five weeks in advance of the event date.

RANDOM
IMAGES OF RANDY and VARIOUS RETREADS

The two photos of me working on an old Harley were taken 48 years apart. Progress? Still trying to start the latter one. (Lesson learned: throw out twin points on 1961-64 Panheads.) In the 1967 photo the Hog was 17 years old, and in the 2015 photo the Hog was 51 years old. The image of me on my 1966 Sportster XLH in the logo at top of this website was taken in Seattle in 2006 after a forty year search for one. I finally got that bike running in 2015, thanks to superb, perfectionist Harley mechanic Jim Dixon of Sanborn NY. tel 716-201-2008. Next shot is me on my 2001 Moto-Guzzi California in 2012. (Lesson learned: buy a Guzzi 1100 or the new 1400). The Jeepster Commando below that is a 1971 model, photo taken around 1999. Last photo of me and Margaret Kasala and my 1947 Indian Chief chopper was taken in Niagara Falls in 1970. (Lesson learned: If you got a good wife who loves you, hold on to her.)